Monthly Archives: March 2008

Rebecca Gregory and Yasmin Haji-Hassan Below are some recently released books and articles and some upcoming events, lectures, talks and exhibitions that may be of interest to Blue-Stocking readers. We’d love any suggestions for additional items you think are relevant. … Continue reading →

Bettany Hughes Editor Rebecca Gregory and Deputy Editor Yasmin Haji-Hassan Bettany and Beckie A comfortable, lived-in house in west London; two children playing at the piano; a study full of books; and a cat curled on the bed… we couldn’t … Continue reading →

two Bronte sisters and the struggle against convention By Elly McCausland The Bronte sisters, painted by their father Branwell The authors of both Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847) present women that rebel against constraining and oppressive social norms, … Continue reading →

The Multi-Tasking Marquise By Mohsin Khan Emilie du Chatelet, regarded for too long as a footnote of history being a mistress of Voltaire, was a driven and passionate physicist, mathematician and translator. She derived the equation for kinetic energy by … Continue reading →

The (im)Possibility of Writing the Female Self By Alexandra Hills The cultic tradition of German literary scholarship overlooks its few female exponents shadowed by inescapable male heavyweights of Germanistik. To toe the standard line, women in German literature are often … Continue reading →

Palaeontology Pioneer and Mistress of the Museum By Claire Standley You’d be forgiven for not recognising the name Dorothea Bate; an elusive figure of history, she is most likely to be remembered for her association with the Natural History Museum, … Continue reading →

The Epitome of Faithful Female Discipleship By Simon Cuff Last Supper by Da Vinci The epitome of discipleship represented by Mary Magdalene is all the more startling both because it contradicts the picture presented by popular culture thanks to Dan … Continue reading →

An Intimate Critique of Loy’s Poem Der Blinde Junge By Mona Sakr Mina A short grapple with Google demonstrates that, if nothing else, Mina Loy has earned herself a phenomenally large set of labels. She was (according to the internet) … Continue reading →

The Lady of Salerno Restored By Kate Manns Trotula from a manuscript of her book Pre-medieval texts and ancient manuscripts provided reference for early physicians and therapists, detailing discoveries from anatomy to diagnosis and treatment. For nearly five hundred years, … Continue reading →

and the Rights of Woman By Lloyd Lewis March to Versailles In March 2004, in a modest ceremony followed by a buffet, a previously unnamed crossroads in Paris was named ‘Place Olympe de Gouges’. Throughout France, a small but growing … Continue reading →